Unicode Qur'an: 34. ‏سبأ‎ sb'ʔ

This is a scholarly presentation of Surah Saba (Chapter 34) from the Quran, displayed in a dual-column format pairing the original Arabic text with a detailed phonetic transliteration. The surah belongs to the Meccan revelatory tradition and opens by asserting God's absolute sovereignty and omniscience — nothing in the heavens or earth, down to the weight of an atom, escapes divine knowledge. A central theological argument runs throughout: disbelievers who deny resurrection and the Day of Judgment are contrasted with believers who will receive forgiveness and reward, while those who reject God's signs face punishment. The surah develops this contrast through two extended narrative examples: David and Solomon, whose extraordinary gifts (iron made pliable, wind and jinn made subject to Solomon's command) are presented as signs of divine favor contingent on gratitude; and the people of Sheba (Saba), whose prosperous civilization was destroyed when they turned ungrateful, their lush twin gardens replaced with bitter fruit. A distinctive theological claim appears in the treatment of Satan — he is said to have had no real power over humans, his influence serving only to distinguish true believers from doubters. The text also repeatedly challenges polytheism directly, asserting that no intercessor or partner deity holds any share of divine authority, and that the Prophet Muhammad was sent as a universal messenger to all humanity, not a tribal one.

Unicode Qur'an: 34. ‏سبأ‎ sb'ʔ

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